{"id":790,"date":"2024-05-16T15:27:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T15:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamerica.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=790"},"modified":"2024-07-17T12:34:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T16:34:51","slug":"marlyn-hoilette-immigrant-from-jamaica-and-seiu-1199-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/sw\/marlyn-hoilette-immigrant-from-jamaica-and-seiu-1199-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlyn Hoilette, mhamiaji kutoka Jamaica na mwanachama wa SEIU 1199"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mimi ni mmoja wa ndugu saba. Watatu kati yetu wanaishi Florida na wanne New York. Ndugu zangu wawili wanafanya kazi ya usafiri katika Jiji la New York, na dada zangu wawili ni wauguzi, kama mimi. Mkubwa wetu anakaribia kustaafu. Mama yangu anasema hana majuto; anaweza kustaafu na kuishi maisha mazuri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tulikulia kwenye kisiwa cha Jamaika, hatukuwa na fursa zinazopatikana kwa watu hapa Amerika. Wazazi wetu walitulea ili kujitahidi kila wakati kujiboresha, na umuhimu wa elimu uliwekwa juu yetu tangu ujana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ni shangazi yangu ndiye aliyeondoka kwanza Jamaica. Alikuwa painia kati yetu. Baadaye aliomba mama yangu na ndugu zake. Baadaye nilihamia nikiwa kijana na nimeishi Marekani kwa zaidi ya miaka 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nilifuata ndoto zangu. Inanifanya nijisikie fahari kama mwanamke mwenye nguvu, Mweusi. Huu ni mwaka wangu wa 25 kama muuguzi aliyesajiliwa. Kama wataalamu wa afya, wafanyakazi wenzangu na mimi tulikuwa mashujaa wa mstari wa mbele wakati wote wa janga hili. Nilifanya kazi katika kitengo cha COVID chini ya hali ngumu. Kama si sisi wauguzi, ni nani angekuwepo kuwahudumia wagonjwa? Tulikuwa na kazi ya kufanya, na ilitubidi kuifanya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ninafanya kazi na wauguzi kutoka makabila mengi: kutoka visiwa, kutoka Ufilipino, Waamerika wa Kiafrika, na wauguzi wa Kilatini. Tumeunganishwa na dhamana maalum. Wengi wetu tulikuja katika nchi hii tukiwa vijana, na inatia nguvu kujua kwamba tunatengeneza njia kwa vizazi vijavyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nililelewa kufikia kilele, na niliwalea watoto wangu kwa mtindo huo huo. Binti yangu mwenye umri wa miaka 28 anamaliza shahada ya pili. Mwanangu mwenye umri wa miaka 17 amepata ufadhili kamili wa masomo katika Chuo Kikuu cha Richmond, na atahamia jimbo lingine hivi karibuni. Kwa sababu yeye ni mtu Mweusi mwenye uzito wa 6&#039;3\u201d, mwenye uzito wa pauni 195, nina wasiwasi wangu mwenyewe, kwa hivyo ninashukuru kwamba kizazi chake kinazungumza dhidi ya ukosefu wa haki. Kama mimi na watoto wangu, ninatamani fursa sawa kwa wahamiaji kutoka nchi na visiwa tofauti. Watoto, na kwa kweli kila mtu, anayefika bila hadhi ifaayo ya uhamiaji anapaswa kupewa nafasi ya kufuata ndoto zao, na sheria zinahitaji kubadilika ili wao pia wawe raia wa Marekani ambao watachangia kikamilifu katika nchi hii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_1033-scaled.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_1033-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_1033-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_1033-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_1033-768x576.jpeg 768w, 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Three of us live in Florida and four in New York. Two of my brothers work in transportation in New York City, and two of my sisters are nurses, like me. The oldest of us is about to retire. My mom says she has no regrets; she can retire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[16,15],"class_list":["post-790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-stories","tag-first-generation","tag-naturalized-citizen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marlyn Hoilette, immigrant from Jamaica and SEIU 1199 member - iAmerica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/sw\/marlyn-hoilette-immigrant-from-jamaica-and-seiu-1199-member\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marlyn Hoilette, immigrant from Jamaica and SEIU 1199 member - iAmerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am one of seven siblings. 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